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Chapters01:sRealitysShocks
MULTIPLEsCHOICE
1. Asgraduatesnurseshassbeenshiredsassasnursesatsaslocalshospital.sThesnewsnursesissinstheshoneymoonsphasesofsrol
estransitionswhensmakingswhichsofsthesfollowingsstatements?
a. “Isamssosnervoussaboutsbeingsonsmysownsassasnurse.”
b. “Thisswillsbesasgreatslearningsexperience.”
c. “Iscan’tswaitstoshavesassteadyspaycheck.”
d. “Thissjobsissperfect.sIscansfinallysdosthingssmysownsway.”
ANS:sD
Theshoneymoonsphasesisswhensthesstudentsnursesseessthesworldsofsnursingsassquitesrosy.sOften,sthesnewsgraduates
issfascinatedswithsthesthrillsofsarrivingsinsthesprofession.sRealitysshocksoccursswhensonesmovessintosthesworkforc
esaftersseveralsyearssofseducationalspreparation.sRecoverysandsresolutionsoccurswhensthesgraduatesnursesissablestos
laughsatsencounteredssituations.sDuringsthisstime,stensionsdecreases,sperceptionsincreases,sandsthesnursesissablesto
sgrowsassasperson.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s7
OBJ:sIdentifysthescharacteristicssofsrealitysshoN
ckU.sR
TSOIP
N:GRTeBa.lC
ityOM
shock
MSC:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
2. Whichsofsthesfollowingsactionssbysthesgraduatesnursesissansinappropriatesmethodologystosrecoversfromsre
alitysshock?
a. Networking c. Returningstosschool
b. Obtainingsasmentor d. Joiningsassupportsgroup
ANS:sC
Thestransitionsperiodsisssuccessfullysmanagedswhensthesgraduatesissablestosevaluatesthesworkssituationsobjectively
sandspredictseffectivelysthesactionssandsreactionssofsothersstaff.sNurturingsthesabilitystosseeshumorsinsassituationsma
ysbesasfirstsstep.sReturningstosschoolsissaspositivesstepsaftersthesgraduateshassworkedsthroughsrolestransition,shassso
mesclinicalsexperience,sandsissreadystosfocussonsasnewscareersobjective.sNetworking,sobtainingsasmentor,sandsjoini
ngsassupportsgroupswouldsgivesthesgraduatesnursesansopportunitystostalkstosothers
experiencingsthesstresssassociatedswithsrealitysshock.sThesnurseswouldsbenefitsfroms‘talkingsthrough’sissuessan
dslearningshowstoscope.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s8
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocks
MSC:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
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3. Asnursesisstryingstosavoidsburnout.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsactionssissasvalidswaystosachievesthis?
a. Refusingstosconstantlysworksextrasshifts
b. Withdrawingsfromspeerssupportsgroup
c. “Goingsnative”
d. Changingsjobsseverys6stos12smonths
ANS:sA
Onesofsthesquickestswaysstosexperiencesburnoutsisstos“overworksthesovertime.”sSetsprioritiesswithsyoursmentalsand
sphysicalshealthsbeingstheshighestspriority.sLearningstossays“no”stosextrasshiftssissaspositivesmeanssofscopingsofsavoi
dingsburnout.s“Goingsnative”sissthestermsthatsdescribesshowsrecentsgraduatessbeginstoscopysandsidentifysthesreality
sofstheirsrolestransitionsexperiencesbysrejectingsthesvaluessfromsnursingsschoolsandsfunctioningsmoreslikesasteamsm
embersatstheirsplacesofsemployment.sWithdrawingsfromspeerssupportsgroups,s“goingsnative,”sandschangingsjobsse
verys6stos12smonthsswouldsincreasestheschancesofsthesnursesexperiencingsburnout.sThesnursesshouldsinsteadsfocuss
onshis/herspracticesandsseeksoutssupportsfromsothersnurses.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s9
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocks
MSC:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
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4.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsstatements bysthesshows
graduatessnurse
ansunderstandingsofsrealitysshocksassitssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
sssssssssssssssssssappliesstosnursing?
a. “sRealitysshocksissthesperiodswhensaspersonsmovessfromsschoolsintosthesworkforce.
b. “Realitysshocksissthesrealizationsthatspracticesandseducationsaresnotsthessame.”
c. “Realitysshocksissthesperiodsfromsgraduationstosbecomingsansexperiencedsnurse.”
d. “Realitysshocksissastransitionsphasesthatsnewsgraduatessgosthroughsbeforeschangingsjobs.”
ANS:sA
“Realitysshock”sissastermsoftensusedstosdescribesthesreactionsexperiencedswhensonesmovessintosthesworkforcesafte
rsseveralsyearssofseducationalspreparation.sThesnewsgraduatesisscaughtsinsthessituationsofsmovingsfromsasfamiliar,s
comfortableseducationalsenvironmentsintosasnewsrolesinsthesworkforceswheresthesexpectationssaresnotsclearlysdefi
nedsorsmaysnotsevensbesrealistic.sThesrealizationsthatspracticesandsnursingsschoolsaresnotsthessamesissoftensassociat
edswiths“goingsnative.”sWhensnursessmovesfromsonespositionstosanother,stheyshavesalreadysexperiencedsrealityssh
ock.sBecomingsansexperiencedsnursestakesstimesandsissnotspartsofsthesdefinitionsofsrealitysshock.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s6
OBJ:sComparesandscontraststhesphasessofsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocks
MSC:sNCLEX®:sNotsapplicable
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5. Asstudentsinstheslastssemestersofsnursingsschoolshassestablishedsasgoalsofsmakingsassuccessfulsrolestransitionstos
graduatesnurse.sWhichsstatementsbysthesstudentsindicatesshis/hersunderstandingsofshowstosachievesthissgoal?
a. “Isshouldscaresforsincreasedsnumberssofspatientsstosenhancesworksorganizationsskills.”
b. “Iswillsobservesstaffsnursessasstheysperformsnursingsproceduresstosrefinestechnique.”
c. “Isshouldsseeksincreasinglysclosesguidancesfromsthesnursingsinstructorstosreduceserrors.”
d. “Iswillsevaluatesmysprogressseverys7sweekssorsmorestosallowstimesforsgrowth.”
ANS:sA
Itsissimportantsforsthesstudentstosstartstakingscaresofsincreasedsnumberssofspatientsstoshelpswithstimesmanagements
andsworksorganization.sThesstudentsshouldsalsosbesablestosfunctionswithoutsclosesguidancesfromsthesnursingsinstr
uctor.sAlthoughsitsissgoodsforsstudentsstosobservesstaff,sasstudentsinsthesfinalssemestersshouldsbesablestosperformsta
sksswithsminimalsobservationsandsshouldsinsteadsfocussonsimplementingscaresandstimesmanagement.sWaitings7s
weeksstosevaluatesprogressswouldsnotsbeshelpfulstosthesstudent.sAlthoughsregularsself-
sevaluationsissansimportantsprocess,sitsissthesactualsexperiencesofstakingsrealisticspatientsassignmentssandsworkings
typicalsshiftshourssthatsassistsswithssuccessfulsrolestransition.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s6
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshock
MSC:sNCLEX®:sNotsapplicable
NURSINGTB.COM
6. Asnewsgraduatesofslesssthans1syearsdescribesshis/hersperceptionsofsasstaffsnursesposition,sstating:s“Itsfeelssgr
eatstosbesasnurse!sInsfact,sit’ssassnap!sIscanshardlysbelievesthere’ssnosinstructorslookingsoversmysshoulder.”sWhat
sphasesofsrealitysshocksissthesgraduatesexperiencing?
a. Recovery c. Honeymoon
b. Shocksandsrejection d. Transition
ANS:sC
Insthesfirstsphasesofsthesrolestransitionsprocesss(theshoneymoonsphase),sthesgraduatesnursesissthrilledswithscomple
tingsschoolsandsacceptingsthesfirstsjob.sLifesissasbedsofsrosessbecauseseveryonesknowssnursingsschoolsissmuchshard
ersthansnursingspractice.sShocksandsrejectionsoccursassthesnursestriesstosunderstandshowsnursingsschoolsandsthes“r
ealsworld”scomestogether.sTransitionsoccurssassthesnursesbeginssthesmovesfromsstudentstosnursesandsrefersstosthes
entiresprocess,snotsjustsasparticularsphase.sThesrecoverysphasesisswhensthesnursescanslaughsatssituationssthatshe/sh
esissinsandsissablestoscopeswithsthessituationssthatsaresbeingsfaced.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s7
OBJ:sComparesandscontraststhesphasessofsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocks
MSC:sNCLEX®:sNotsapplicable
NURSINGTB.COM
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DITION ZERWEKH TEST BANK
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TEST BANK s
NURSING TEST BANKS
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, NURSINGsTODAYsTRANSITIONsANDsTRENDSs9THsEDITIONsZERWEKHsTESTsBANK
Chapters01:sRealitysShocks
MULTIPLEsCHOICE
1. Asgraduatesnurseshassbeenshiredsassasnursesatsaslocalshospital.sThesnewsnursesissinstheshoneymoonsphasesofsrol
estransitionswhensmakingswhichsofsthesfollowingsstatements?
a. “Isamssosnervoussaboutsbeingsonsmysownsassasnurse.”
b. “Thisswillsbesasgreatslearningsexperience.”
c. “Iscan’tswaitstoshavesassteadyspaycheck.”
d. “Thissjobsissperfect.sIscansfinallysdosthingssmysownsway.”
ANS:sD
Theshoneymoonsphasesisswhensthesstudentsnursesseessthesworldsofsnursingsassquitesrosy.sOften,sthesnewsgraduates
issfascinatedswithsthesthrillsofsarrivingsinsthesprofession.sRealitysshocksoccursswhensonesmovessintosthesworkforc
esaftersseveralsyearssofseducationalspreparation.sRecoverysandsresolutionsoccurswhensthesgraduatesnursesissablestos
laughsatsencounteredssituations.sDuringsthisstime,stensionsdecreases,sperceptionsincreases,sandsthesnursesissablesto
sgrowsassasperson.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s7
OBJ:sIdentifysthescharacteristicssofsrealitysshoN
ckU.sR
TSOIP
N:GRTeBa.lC
ityOM
shock
MSC:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
2. Whichsofsthesfollowingsactionssbysthesgraduatesnursesissansinappropriatesmethodologystosrecoversfromsre
alitysshock?
a. Networking c. Returningstosschool
b. Obtainingsasmentor d. Joiningsassupportsgroup
ANS:sC
Thestransitionsperiodsisssuccessfullysmanagedswhensthesgraduatesissablestosevaluatesthesworkssituationsobjectively
sandspredictseffectivelysthesactionssandsreactionssofsothersstaff.sNurturingsthesabilitystosseeshumorsinsassituationsma
ysbesasfirstsstep.sReturningstosschoolsissaspositivesstepsaftersthesgraduateshassworkedsthroughsrolestransition,shassso
mesclinicalsexperience,sandsissreadystosfocussonsasnewscareersobjective.sNetworking,sobtainingsasmentor,sandsjoini
ngsassupportsgroupswouldsgivesthesgraduatesnursesansopportunitystostalkstosothers
experiencingsthesstresssassociatedswithsrealitysshock.sThesnurseswouldsbenefitsfroms‘talkingsthrough’sissuessan
dslearningshowstoscope.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s8
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocks
MSC:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
NURSINGTB.COM
, NURSINGsTODAYsTRANSITIONsANDsTRENDSs9THsEDITIONsZERWEKHsTESTsBANK
3. Asnursesisstryingstosavoidsburnout.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsactionssissasvalidswaystosachievesthis?
a. Refusingstosconstantlysworksextrasshifts
b. Withdrawingsfromspeerssupportsgroup
c. “Goingsnative”
d. Changingsjobsseverys6stos12smonths
ANS:sA
Onesofsthesquickestswaysstosexperiencesburnoutsisstos“overworksthesovertime.”sSetsprioritiesswithsyoursmentalsand
sphysicalshealthsbeingstheshighestspriority.sLearningstossays“no”stosextrasshiftssissaspositivesmeanssofscopingsofsavoi
dingsburnout.s“Goingsnative”sissthestermsthatsdescribesshowsrecentsgraduatessbeginstoscopysandsidentifysthesreality
sofstheirsrolestransitionsexperiencesbysrejectingsthesvaluessfromsnursingsschoolsandsfunctioningsmoreslikesasteamsm
embersatstheirsplacesofsemployment.sWithdrawingsfromspeerssupportsgroups,s“goingsnative,”sandschangingsjobsse
verys6stos12smonthsswouldsincreasestheschancesofsthesnursesexperiencingsburnout.sThesnursesshouldsinsteadsfocuss
onshis/herspracticesandsseeksoutssupportsfromsothersnurses.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s9
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocks
MSC:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
NURSINGTB.COM
4.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsstatements bysthesshows
graduatessnurse
ansunderstandingsofsrealitysshocksassitssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
sssssssssssssssssssappliesstosnursing?
a. “sRealitysshocksissthesperiodswhensaspersonsmovessfromsschoolsintosthesworkforce.
b. “Realitysshocksissthesrealizationsthatspracticesandseducationsaresnotsthessame.”
c. “Realitysshocksissthesperiodsfromsgraduationstosbecomingsansexperiencedsnurse.”
d. “Realitysshocksissastransitionsphasesthatsnewsgraduatessgosthroughsbeforeschangingsjobs.”
ANS:sA
“Realitysshock”sissastermsoftensusedstosdescribesthesreactionsexperiencedswhensonesmovessintosthesworkforcesafte
rsseveralsyearssofseducationalspreparation.sThesnewsgraduatesisscaughtsinsthessituationsofsmovingsfromsasfamiliar,s
comfortableseducationalsenvironmentsintosasnewsrolesinsthesworkforceswheresthesexpectationssaresnotsclearlysdefi
nedsorsmaysnotsevensbesrealistic.sThesrealizationsthatspracticesandsnursingsschoolsaresnotsthessamesissoftensassociat
edswiths“goingsnative.”sWhensnursessmovesfromsonespositionstosanother,stheyshavesalreadysexperiencedsrealityssh
ock.sBecomingsansexperiencedsnursestakesstimesandsissnotspartsofsthesdefinitionsofsrealitysshock.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s6
OBJ:sComparesandscontraststhesphasessofsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocks
MSC:sNCLEX®:sNotsapplicable
NURSINGTB.COM
, NURSINGsTODAYsTRANSITIONsANDsTRENDSs9THsEDITIONsZERWEKHsTESTsBANK
5. Asstudentsinstheslastssemestersofsnursingsschoolshassestablishedsasgoalsofsmakingsassuccessfulsrolestransitionstos
graduatesnurse.sWhichsstatementsbysthesstudentsindicatesshis/hersunderstandingsofshowstosachievesthissgoal?
a. “Isshouldscaresforsincreasedsnumberssofspatientsstosenhancesworksorganizationsskills.”
b. “Iswillsobservesstaffsnursessasstheysperformsnursingsproceduresstosrefinestechnique.”
c. “Isshouldsseeksincreasinglysclosesguidancesfromsthesnursingsinstructorstosreduceserrors.”
d. “Iswillsevaluatesmysprogressseverys7sweekssorsmorestosallowstimesforsgrowth.”
ANS:sA
Itsissimportantsforsthesstudentstosstartstakingscaresofsincreasedsnumberssofspatientsstoshelpswithstimesmanagements
andsworksorganization.sThesstudentsshouldsalsosbesablestosfunctionswithoutsclosesguidancesfromsthesnursingsinstr
uctor.sAlthoughsitsissgoodsforsstudentsstosobservesstaff,sasstudentsinsthesfinalssemestersshouldsbesablestosperformsta
sksswithsminimalsobservationsandsshouldsinsteadsfocussonsimplementingscaresandstimesmanagement.sWaitings7s
weeksstosevaluatesprogressswouldsnotsbeshelpfulstosthesstudent.sAlthoughsregularsself-
sevaluationsissansimportantsprocess,sitsissthesactualsexperiencesofstakingsrealisticspatientsassignmentssandsworkings
typicalsshiftshourssthatsassistsswithssuccessfulsrolestransition.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s6
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshock
MSC:sNCLEX®:sNotsapplicable
NURSINGTB.COM
6. Asnewsgraduatesofslesssthans1syearsdescribesshis/hersperceptionsofsasstaffsnursesposition,sstating:s“Itsfeelssgr
eatstosbesasnurse!sInsfact,sit’ssassnap!sIscanshardlysbelievesthere’ssnosinstructorslookingsoversmysshoulder.”sWhat
sphasesofsrealitysshocksissthesgraduatesexperiencing?
a. Recovery c. Honeymoon
b. Shocksandsrejection d. Transition
ANS:sC
Insthesfirstsphasesofsthesrolestransitionsprocesss(theshoneymoonsphase),sthesgraduatesnursesissthrilledswithscomple
tingsschoolsandsacceptingsthesfirstsjob.sLifesissasbedsofsrosessbecauseseveryonesknowssnursingsschoolsissmuchshard
ersthansnursingspractice.sShocksandsrejectionsoccursassthesnursestriesstosunderstandshowsnursingsschoolsandsthes“r
ealsworld”scomestogether.sTransitionsoccurssassthesnursesbeginssthesmovesfromsstudentstosnursesandsrefersstosthes
entiresprocess,snotsjustsasparticularsphase.sThesrecoverysphasesisswhensthesnursescanslaughsatssituationssthatshe/sh
esissinsandsissablestoscopeswithsthessituationssthatsaresbeingsfaced.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s7
OBJ:sComparesandscontraststhesphasessofsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocks
MSC:sNCLEX®:sNotsapplicable
NURSINGTB.COM
